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Worth trying using a 15 years old notebook for self hosting?
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this post was submitted on 30 Dec 2023
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What advantages would this give over plain Debian or similar? I'm a total noob, so I'd love something that might help me get a little more out of my little netbook 'server'.
Check out their website; it’ll do a better job of explaining than I can/will.
https://dietpi.com/
Thanks, I'll check it out.
It's a great OS. Ran it for a long time
dietPi is in fact Debian, with extra scripts to install/remove software. They also thinned it way down, so you get a working system with the bare essentials.
Would it be worth switching if I'm already set up on Debian?
If you're all set up on Debian, I don't see the advantage of switching to another flavor of Debian, unless you have a low powered machine (low specs, not much RAM).
Then I'll conseder it when I'm feeling productive. I am using an old netbook. Thanks for the answers.